<p>An investigation of the steady state response of a non-linear system provided with an impact vibration absorber is made. The term non-linear in the present case refers to a system in which the spring restoring force is bi-linear./p><p> The effect of two main parameters viz. clearance d o (i.e. the free path of travel of the mass particle) and mass ratio μ = m/M (i.e. mass ratio between the mass particle and the primary system) on amplitude of vibration of the system has been investigated experimentally over a range of frequency.</p> <p>A numerical analysis of the problem is made with the aid of a digital computer to supplement the experimental results.</p> <p> It has been found that with proper choice of parameters an impact vibration absorber is effective in reducing vibration level of a nonlinear system undergoing sinusoidal excitation.</p> / Thesis / Master of Engineering (MEngr)

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In the present work, the non-linear vibrations and the corresponding dynamic fracture mechanics of cables of cable-stayed bridges are studied. The cables are among the most critical components in cable-stayed bridges and there are different damage sources such as corrosion, vibration, fatigue and fretting fatigue that can significantly affect them, thereby reducing the cable’s service life and even producing their failure. Cable-Parametric Resonance is the specific non-linear vibration studied in this research. This type of vibration occurs due to displacements presented at the cable supports. These displacements are induced by the wind and traffic loads acting on the pylon and deck of the bridge. Under certain conditions, unstable cable-vibration of significant amplitude can be registered. Therefore, numerical and experimental analyses are carried out in order to describe this phenomenon and to determine the corresponding instability conditions. Two non-linear models of cable-parametric resonance are studied to predict the cable response. In the simulation method, the non-linear components are treated as external forces acting on the linear systems, which are represented by Single Degree of Freedom systems and described by digital filters. A clear non-linear relationship between the excitation and the cable response is observed in the simulations and the experiments. The corresponding experimental analysis is based on a scaled model (1:200) of the Öresund bridge and a good agreement between the numerical and experimental results is found. After obtaining the relationship between the cable response and the excitation, the cable instability conditions are determined. This is done by finding the minimum displacement required at the cable supports in order to induce nonlinear cable vibration of considerable amplitude. The instability conditions are determined within a wide range of excitation frequencies and conveniently expressed in a simplified and practical way by a curve. The determination process is rather fast and offers the possibility to evaluate all bridge cable stays in a rather short time. Finally, the dynamic fracture mechanics of the cable is considered by studying the fracture toughness characteristics of the material under dynamic conditions. Finite Element simulations on a pre-cracked three-point bending specimen under impact loading are performed. The observed cable instability is equivalently considered as the associated response to impact load conditions, and a crack as a defect on the wires of a cable stay. The simulations are based on an experimental work by using the Split Hopkinson pressure bar (Jiang et al). The dynamic stress intensity factor KI(t) up to crack initiation is then obtained by different methods. The numerical estimations based on the specimen’s crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) and mid-span displacement were closest to the experimental results. It is observed that a better estimation of the dynamic stress intensity factor relies on a proper formulation of the specimen’s stiffness. / Lic March 2011

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Advanced materials such as carbon fiber, composite materials et al. are more and more used in modern industry. They make the structures lighter and stiffer. However, they bring vibration problems. Researchers studied numerous methods to eliminate the undesirable vibrations. These treatments are expected to be a compact, light, intellectual and modular system. Recently, a nonlinear technique which is known as Synchronized Switch Damping (SSD) technique was proposed. These techniques synchronously switched when structure got to its displacement extremes that leading to a nonlinear voltage on the piezoelectric elements. This resulting voltage showed a time lag with the piezoelectric strain thus causing energy dissipation. Based on the developed SSD techniques, a new synchronized switch damping e.g. Synchronized Switch Damping with Energy Transfer (SSDET) was proposed in this document. This method damped the vibration by using the energy from other vibrating form. The objectives of the work reported in this document were threefold. The first one consisted of introduction of SSDET principle and developing its control law. This part aimed at establishing the mathematical model and verifying the proposed method by mathematical tools. Then, the experimental validations were carried out. Three experiments with different configurations demonstrated that SSDET can be implemented not only between structures but also vibrating modes in one structure. A SSDET scheme with multi-patches was also investigated for improving the damping. Finally, a bidirectional SSDET concept was introduced based on the original SSDET technique. This technique be regarded as a multimode control SSDET. Since it privileged the target vibration while keeps a decent control effect on the source vibration.

As vibrações induzidas pela emissão de vórtices (VIV) representam um problema de interação fluido-estrutura presente em diversas áreas da engenharia. Em particular, na engenharia oceânica, esse fenômeno é um tópico importante na análise de risers. Diante do seu impacto na vida útil das estruturas por questões de fadiga estrutural, a supressão desse fenômeno ressonante tem demandado diversos esforços de pesquisa. Uma maneira de reduzir as oscilações estruturais causadas pelo VIV é através do supressor passivo denominado absorvedor não linear de vibração (NVA). Esta pesquisa visa investigar numericamente a eficácia de uma classe de NVA na mitigação do VIV em cilindros rígidos montados em apoios elásticos com um e dois graus de liberdade. A força hidrodinâmica é considerada por meio de modelos fenomenológicos. As equações de movimento desenvolvidas são numericamente integradas com o intuito de analisar a influência dos parâmetros de massa, raio e amortecimento do supressor na resposta do cilindro. As curvas de amplitude de resposta como funções da velocidade reduzida representam a principal contribuição deste trabalho. De forma complementar, o comportamento do sistema ao longo da faixa de velocidades reduzidas característica do lock-in é explorado por meio das séries temporais do cilindro e do NVA. Para quantificar a eficiência do NVA, um critério de supressão baseado na amplitude de oscilação do cilindro é avaliado em função da velocidade reduzida e na forma de mapas de cores definidos em um espaço de parâmetros de controle para velocidades reduzidas específicas. Com base no estudo paramétrico feito, é possível verificar que o parâmetro de massa do NVA é o mais influente na supressão do VIV. Em geral, a supressão é maior no sistema em que o cilindro oscila apenas na direção transversal ao escoamento. Na condição em que o cilindro oscila nas duas direções do plano horizontal, constata-se que o NVA rotativo pode levar a uma amplificação da oscilação na direção do escoamento. / Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) represent a fluid-structure interaction problem commonly found in several engineering areas. In the offshore engineering scenario, VIV plays an important role in risers dynamics. The suppression of this resonant phenomenon has required several efforts due to its impact on the reduction of the lifespan due to structural fatigue. Among other suppression solutions, it can be highlighted the use of non-linear vibration absorbers (NVAs). This research aims at numerically investigating the effectiveness of a particular class of NVAs as a passive suppressor of rigid cylinders mounted on elastic supports with one or two degrees of freedom subjected to VIV. The wake dynamics is studied through phenomenological models. The equations of motion are obtained and numerically integrated focusing on the identification of the influence of the NVA parameters on the response of the cylinder. Oscillation amplitude curves as functions of the reduced velocity are the main contribution of this work. Complementarily, response time series allow discussing the dynamics of the coupled system throughout the lock-in range of reduced velocities. In order to quantify the efficiency of the NVA, a suppression criterion based on the oscillation amplitude of the cylinder is evaluated as a function of reduced velocities and in the form of color maps defined in a space of control parameters for specific reduced speeds. The parametric study herein described shows that the mass of the suppressor has more influence on the VIV suppression than the other parameters for both 1-dof VIV (only cross-wise oscillations are allowed) and 2-dof VIV (concomitant in-line and cross-wise oscillations). In general, the suppression has proved to be greater in the 1-dof VIV condition. In 2-dof VIV, the rotative NVA may cause amplification of the in-line response.

In this master thesis the performance of external viscous dampers attached to cables in cable-stayed bridges have been studied. A comparison has been performed between a linear and a non-linear cable model. The comparison was carried out for two bridge cables, one from the Dubrovnik Bridge and the other from the Normandie Bridge. The performance of the dampers have been measured in terms of maximum achieved damping ratio and minimum amplitude of vibration. The analysis was performed using the finite element method. The damping ratio was measured using both the half-power bandwidth method and by calculating the loss factor. The half-power bandwidth method can only be applied to a linear system. Therefore, the loss factor was evaluated for the linear model and compared to the results obtained using the half-power bandwidth method. From the comparison, it was concluded that the damping ratio evaluated using the loss factor was similar to the results obtained when using the half-power bandwidth method. However, when calculating the loss factor, it was of great importance that the resonance frequency of the system was accurately determined. The loss factor was then calculated for the non-linear model and compared to the results obtained for the linear model. Since the loss factor measures the energy dissipated in a system, it could be utilised for the non-linear model. When computing the strain energy for the non-linear model an approximate method was used to take into consideration the strain energy caused by the static deformation of the cable. From the comparison between the linear and non-linear cable models, it was concluded that the optimal damper coefficients obtained by both models are not significantly different. However, there is an uncertainty in the results due to the fact that an approximate method was used when calculating the strain energy for the nonlinear model. It was also observed that a very accurate evaluation of the system’s resonance frequency was needed to calculate the loss factor. It was also observed that the variation in amplitude of vibration for varying damper coefficient was small for all modes of vibration for the Dubrovnik Bridge Cable as well as for the first mode of vibration for the Normandie Bridge Cable. The difference in the results between the two bridge cables needs to be investigated further in order to get a better understanding of the results.

Les matériaux évolués tels que les matériaux composites ou les fibres de carbone sont de plus en plus utilisés dans l'industrie. Ils rendent les structures plus légères et plus résistantes mais en contrepartie, ils apportent de nouveaux problèmes de vibration. De nombreuses recherches sont ainsi en cours pour apporter des solutions afin d'éliminer les vibrations indésirables tout en restant compactes, légères, intelligentes et modulaires. Récemment, des techniques de contrôle non linéaires, dénommées en anglais S.S.D. (Synchronized Switch Damping) ont été proposées et validées. Ces méthodes font commutées un élément piézoélectrique collé à la structure mécanique à amortir sur un circuit électrique de manière synchronisée avec la déformation de celle-ci. Un effet amortissant peut ainsi être obtenu en utilisant l'énergie de vibration de la structure mécanique elle-même. Basée sur ces concepts, une nouvelle technique appelée S.S.D.E.T. (Synchronized Switch Damping with Energy Transfer) est proposée dans ce manuscrit. Cette méthode permet d'amortir une vibration en utilisant de l'énergie extraite à partir d'autres vibrations. Les résultats de ce travail de thèse sont présentés de la manière suivante. Premièrement, le principe et les lois de commande de la technique S.S.D.E.T. sont introduits. Ainsi, un modèle mathématique est établi et permet de vérifier les concepts proposés par simulation. Ensuite, des validations expérimentales menées sur différentes configurations sont décrites et démontrent l'augmentation de l'amortissement sur un système composé de deux structures mécaniquement indépendantes, sur un système composé d'une seule structure qui vibre selon plusieurs modes et sur une combinaison des deux précédents. Enfin, une extension de la technique S.S.D.E.T. est introduite dans un cadre d'échange d'énergie bidirectionnel. Celle-ci permet d'obtenir un amortissement privilégié sur un mode tout en conservant un contrôle correct des autres modes. / Advanced materials such as carbon fiber, composite materials et al. are more and more used in modern industry. They make the structures lighter and stiffer. However, they bring vibration problems. Researchers studied numerous methods to eliminate the undesirable vibrations. These treatments are expected to be a compact, light, intellectual and modular system. Recently, a nonlinear technique which is known as Synchronized Switch Damping (SSD) technique was proposed. These techniques synchronously switched when structure got to its displacement extremes that leading to a nonlinear voltage on the piezoelectric elements. This resulting voltage showed a time lag with the piezoelectric strain thus causing energy dissipation. Based on the developed SSD techniques, a new synchronized switch damping e.g. Synchronized Switch Damping with Energy Transfer (SSDET) was proposed in this document. This method damped the vibration by using the energy from other vibrating form. The objectives of the work reported in this document were threefold. The first one consisted of introduction of SSDET principle and developing its control law. This part aimed at establishing the mathematical model and verifying the proposed method by mathematical tools. Then, the experimental validations were carried out. Three experiments with different configurations demonstrated that SSDET can be implemented not only between structures but also vibrating modes in one structure. A SSDET scheme with multi-patches was also investigated for improving the damping. Finally, a bidirectional SSDET concept was introduced based on the original SSDET technique. This technique be regarded as a multimode control SSDET. Since it privileged the target vibration while keeps a decent control effect on the source vibration.

Forced response analysis of bladed disk assemblies plays a vital role in rotor blade design and has been drawing a great deal of attention both from research community and engine industry for more than half a century. However because of the phenomenon called &lsquo / mistuning&rsquo / , which destroys the cyclic symmetry of a rotor, there have been several difficulties related to forced response analysis ever since, two of which are addressed in this thesis: efficient non-linear forced response analysis of mistuned bladed disks and mistuning identification. On the nonlinear analysis side, a new solution approach is proposed studying the combined effect of non-linearity and mistuning, which is relatively recent in this research area and generally conducted with methods whose convergence and accuracy depend highly on the number of degrees of freedom where non-linear elements are attached. The proposed approach predicts nonlinear forced response of mistuned bladed disk assemblies considering any type of nonlinearity. In this thesis, special attention is given to the friction contact modeling of bladed disks which is the most common type of nonlinearity found in bladed disk assemblies. In the modeling of frictional contact a friction element which enables normal load variation and separation of the contact interface in three-dimensional space is utilized. Moreover, the analysis is carried out in modal domain where the differential equations of motions are converted to a set of non-linear algebraic equations using harmonic balance method and modal superposition technique. Thus, the number of non-linear equations to be solved is independent of the number of non-linear elements used. On the mistuning identification side, a new method is enclosed herein which makes use of neural networks to assess unknown mistuning parameters of a given bladed disk assembly from its assembly modes, thus being suitable for integrally bladed disks. The method assumes that a tuned mathematical model of the rotor under consideration is readily available, which is always the case for today&rsquo / s realistic bladed disk assemblies. A data set of selected mode shapes and natural frequencies is created by a number of simulations performed by mistuning the tuned mathematical model randomly. A neural network created by considering the number of modes, is then trained with this data set for being used to identify mistuning of the rotor from measured data. On top of these, a new adaptive algorithm is developed for harmonic balance method, several intentional mistuning patterns are investigated via excessive Monte-Carlo simulations and a new approach to locate, classify and parametrically identify structural non-linearities is introduced.

Aufgrund der stetig wachsenden Anforderungen hinsichtlich Gewichtsreduzierung und Funktionsintegration, besonders im Bereich des Automobilbaus, werden traditionell aus metallischen Werkstoffen gefertigte Komponenten immer häufiger durch Kunststoffbauteile substituiert. Dem entgegen steht derzeit die Tatsache, dass, trotz hohen Prozessverständnisses und des Wissens um die Prozess-Struktur-Eigenschafts-Beziehungen beim Vibrationsschweißen, die theoretisch erzielbaren Schweißnahtfestigkeiten, von 90 % bis 100 % des unverstärkten Grundmaterials, in der industriellen Serienfertigung bei weitem nicht erreicht werden. Die Komplexität eines industriell gefertigten Bauteils wird an Plattenprüfkörpern simuliert. Die Ergebnisse der Schweißversuche zeigen, dass unterschiedliche Wandstärken im Schweißnahtbereich, Bauteilverzug und unterschiedliche Schwingrichungen innerhalb einer Schweißnaht zu ungleichmäßigen lokalen Prozessbedingungen währenden des linearen Vibrationsschweißprozesses führen. Diese hinterlassen lokale Schwachstellen, welche das Gesamtbauteilversagen bestimmen. Durch alternative Prozessführungsstrategien, wie das Hochdruckanfahren und die IR-Vorwärmung, können diese Schwachstellen reduziert und die Gesamtbauteilfestigkeit angehoben werden. Dies wird am Beispiel des Bauteilverzugs veranschaulicht. / Due to the increasing demands for weight reduction and integration of function, especially in the field of automotive, components made of metallic materials are increasingly being substituted by components made of thermoplastic materials. In contrast to this there is currently the fact that, despite the high process understanding of the vibration welding and the knowledge of the process-structure-property relationships, the theoretically achievable weld strengths of 90 % to 100 % of the unreinforced base material strength are far to be achieved in industrial series production. The complexity of an industrially manufactured component is simulated by using plate test specimens. The results of the welding experiments show that different wall thicknesses in the weld area, component warpage and different friction angle within the weld leads to nonuniform local process conditions during linear vibration welding process. This results in local weak spots, which reduce the total component strength. These local weak spots can be reduced by using alternative process strategies, such as in-process pressure variation and IR preheating. So not only the local strengths but also the total component strength will be increased. This is shown on the example of component warpage.